Kingston HYPER-X DDR2 9600 - 1200 MHz

Introduction

Today up for review is the HYPER-X 9600 RAM that Kingston has kindly decided to send us for review. Before we get started there are a couple of things that we should know about this RAM. Firstly, this is the fastest DDR2 RAM available from Kingston, so if you are looking for buffing up your system for some extreme performance, this would probably your best and also most expensive choice. At first glance this RAM looks great:

Features

Power supply : Vdd: 1.8V ± 0.1V, Vddq: 1.8V ± 0.1V

Double-data-rate architecture; two data transfers per clock cycle

Bidirectional data strobe(DQS)

Differential clock inputs(CK and CK)

DLL aligns DQ and DQS transition with CK transition

Programmable Read latency 5 (clock)

Burst Length: 4, 8 (Interleave/nibble sequential)

Programmable Burst type (sequential & interleave)

Timing Reference: 5-5-5-15 at 1.8V / 5-5-5-15 at 2.3 - 2.35V

Edge aligned data output, center aligned data input

Auto & Self refresh, 7.8us refresh interval (8K/64ms refresh)

Serial presence detect with EEPROM

High Performance Heat Spreader

PCB : Height 1.180” (30.00mm), single sided component

Performance

Clock Cycle Time (tCK) CL=5

2.5ns (min.) / 8ns (max.)

Row Cycle Time (tRC)

51.5ns (min.)

Refresh to Active/Refresh Command Time (tRFC)

105ns

Row Active Time (tRAS)

39ns (min.) / 70,000ns (max.)

Single Power Supply of

+1.8V (+/- .1V)

Power

2.025 W (operating per module)

UL Rating

94 V - 0

Operating Temperature

0 C to 55 C

Storage Temperature

-55 C to +125 C

While there are certainly lower latency ram sticks available out there, few will run 5-5-5-15 at 1200MHz speeds.